Paul herrmann



(No Model.)

P. HERRMANN. ADVERTISING DEVICE. N0. 484,314. Patented Oct. 11-, 1892.

ATTOHNE rs,

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL HERRMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,314, dated October11, 1892.

Application filed June '7. 1892- Serial No. 435,815- (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAULVHERRMANN, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Advertising Device,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in advertising devices, and hasfor its special ob ect to provide a device capable of being used upon atable, desk, or other support in the capacity of a call-bell, andwhereby each time the bell. is operated an advertisement appearing atopenings in the device will be changed.

Another object of the invention is to construct such advertising devicein an extremely simple yet durable manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection taken, practically, on the line 2 2 ofFig. 3. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section taken, essentially, on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig..4 is a section through a portion of the casing, illustrating the drumcarrying advertisements partiallyin side elevation and partially brokenaway; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a lever adapted to rotate theadvertising-drum and to serve as a hammer for a bell or gong Whenthelatteris used.

In carrying out the invention a casing 10, preferably circular incrosssectiomis mounted in any approved manner upon a base 11. The upperportion of the casing is provided with a top 12, which may constitute anintegral portion of the body or may be attached thereto. The casing isprovided with any desired number of longitudinally-located openings 13,and all of the openings are preferably covered by glass panes 14 orother transparent material, and one of v the openings is closed by adoor 15, (shown in Fig. 1,) and this door contains a transparentpanelthrough which an advertisement may be seen. A shaft 16 is secured aboutcentrally to the base 11 and extends vertically upward through andbeyond the top of the casing, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon this shaft,within the casing, a drum 17 is mounted to turn. This drum is preferablymade circular in crosssection, or its cross-sectional shape corresponds,ordinarily, with the crosssectional contour of the casing. The bottom ofthe drum may be solid; but the upper portion consists ofa central hub18, from which a series of bars 19 radiate, extending from the hub tothe side of the drum, as shown in Fig. 3. These bars are located atpredetermined itervals apart, and the space between each two bars uponthe exterior face of the drum is utilized for the display of anadvertisement. The bars are inclined, beveled, or made diagonalincross-section, as is shown in the sectional view, Fig. 4, and theyallincline in the same direction. Upon the hub 18 a ratchet- Wheel 20 isattached in any approved manner, and this ratchet-wheel is adapted toturn loosely upon the shaft 16. The ratchet-wheel is in constantengagement with a spring-detent 21, as shown best in Figs. 3 and 2.

Upon the upper extremity of the fixed shaft 16 a gong 22 or anyequivalent alarm device is ordinarily and preferably located, and uponthe upper end or cap of the casing 10 a lever 23 is fulcrumed or pivotedat one end. As shown in Fig. 5, this lever is provided with an elongatedslotor opening 24, through which the fixed shaft 16 passes, enabling thelever to be freely moved in a vertical direction without interferingwith the shaft. The lever is spring-pressed, and the spring may be ofany approved character or may be located wherever in practice it isfound most advantageous. In the drawings the spring is designated as 25and is shown coiled around the shaft 16, one end having bearing againstthe under side of the lever and the other against the top of the casing.At its free end the lever has integral therewith or attached thereto anangular trip-plate 26. This trip-plate extends downward from the leverat a right angle, and one side surface is straight, while the other sidesurface is decidedly beveled, the bevel running from a point near thetop at one side, meeting the bottom or lower extremity of the longerside. The body of the lever is continued over the angled trip-plate toform a lip 27, in order to facilitate the manipulation of the lever. Thetrip-plate 26 of the lever 23 is adapted to enter the spaces between thebars 19 of the casing or cylinder and revolve the latter. Therefore aslot or opening 28 is produced in the cap or upper portion of thecasing, through which the tripplate passes.

In the operation of the device, when the lever is pressed downward, asheretofore stated, it will enter a space between two of the bars of thecylinder, and as the trip-plate is pressed downward against the bars oneof the bars will be brought in engagement with the inclined edge of theplate, and therefore the cylinder will be revolved the distanceequivalent to the width of one of the spaces at its widest point, andafter the trip-plate has turned the cylinder as far as possible thespring-detent will be left upon the point of a tooth of theratchet-wheel 20,and the moment that the lever 23 is released it isforced upward by its spring, strikes the gong and :j sounds an alarm,and at the same time the! spring-detent passes the tooth upon the 'edge5 of which it is located and thereby revolvesf the cylinder a sufficientdistance to bring i anotherspace between the bars of the cylinder inposition to receive the trip plate of the lever the next time that thelatter-may be depressed.

It is evident that a device of the character described is exceedinglysimple, durable, and economic, and that a number of advertisements canbe displayed thereon; further, that as the device may be used as acall-bell as Well as an advertising medium each time the j bell is rungattention is called to the device and the position of the advertisementsrelative to the openings in the casing is changed.

If in practice it is found desirable, the easing maybe fitted up toreceive salt-cellars or other articles used upon a table,orit may be soconstructed that it may contain a cigar-cutf ter, and the trip-plate 26may also constitute 5 a cutting-blade if in practice it is founddesirable.

Having thus described my invention, 1 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1 1. In an advertising-machine, thecombination, with a casing having openings therein 4 and a cylinder heldto revolve in the casing and'adapted to have advert-isemetits-displayedthereon, of a gong or like alarm supported above the casing and atrip-lever arranged to actuate the cylinder and sound an alarm,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a casing and a cylinder held to turn in thecasing, the eyhnder being provided with a series of radial bars at oneend beveled or inclined in cross-section, of a lever fulcrumed upon thecasing and a trip-plate projected downward from the lever, the saidtrip-plate being of angular construction and adapted to act upon thebars of the cylinder, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a casing havl-ng openings therein and acylinder adaptedto revolve in the casing and adapted 'to carryadvertisements for display and radial bars connected with the upper'endof the'cylrnder, the bars being beveled or inclined in cross: section,of a spring-pressed lever fulcrumed upon the casing, a trip-plate ofangular construction projected downward from the lever and adapted forengagement with thebars of the cylinder, and an alarm device locatedabove the lever in its upward path, as and r for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a casing having openings therein, a cylinderheld to turn in the casing and adapted for the display ofadvertisements, the cylinder being provided at its upper end with acentral hub and bars radiating from the hub, the'said bars being beveledor inclined in cross section, of a spring-pressed lever-:fulcrumed uponthe easing, a trip-plate angular in construction projected downward fromthe lever to an engagement with the bars of the cylinder, asprocketwheel secured upon the hub of the cylinder, aspring-detentattached to the cylinder and having bearing against thesprocket-wheel, and an alarm device located in the path of I the upwardtravelot the lever, as specified.

"PAUL HERRMANN.

Witnesses: V STEPHEN P. MAHONY, GEORGE P. STARR.

